An engine generator comprises a fan cover made of die-cast aluminum alloy, and a power control unit including an aluminum base sheet. The base sheet has a power control circuit formed thereon. The fan cover includes a mounting portion to be attached to the power control unit. When the power control unit is attached to the fan cover, a surface of the aluminum base sheet comes into intimate contact with an outer surface of the mounting portion. Heat generated at the unit is transmitted to the fan cover, and then released from the fan cover serving as a heat releasing member.
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13. An engine-driven generator unit comprising: an engine; an electric power generator driven by the engine; a cooling fan mounted to a rotary output shaft of the engine; a thermally conductive fan cover covering the cooling fan and the electric power generator; and a power control unit comprising a thermally conductive metallic base sheet and a power control circuit provided on the base sheet for controlling an output of the electric power generator, the power control unit being attached to the fan cover so that a surface of the base sheet is in direct contact with an outer surface of the fan cover.
1. An engine-driven generator unit having an engine and an electric power generator driven by said engine, said engine-driven generator unit comprising:
a cooling fan mounted on a rotational shaft of said electric power generator; a fan cover for covering said cooling fan, the fan cover being made of die-cast aluminum alloy; and a power control unit comprising an aluminum base sheet and a power control circuit provided thereon for controlling an output from said electric power generator, the power control unit being attached to said fan cover with a surface of said aluminum base sheet intimately contacting an outer surface of said fan cover.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an engine generator suitable for preventing temperature rise in a power control unit of the generator.
2. Description of the Related Art
Engine generators are used outdoors as general-purpose power supplies. In recent years, there has been an increased demand for outputs of such engine generators to be controlled by a power control unit such as an inverter.
Such a power control unit includes a circuit board on which an electric circuit for controlling power supplied from an engine generator is provided. When the electric circuit is supplied with a large electric current, the board produces a large amount of heat. Therefore, it becomes necessary for the thus-heated board to be cooled down.
Technique for cooling the above-described circuit board is known from, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. SHO-63-171632 entitled "PORTABLE ENGINE GENERATOR" and Japanese Utility Model Post-Exam Publication No. HEI-6-11535 entitled "ELECTRONIC COMPONENT UNIT".
The engine generator disclosed in the Publication No. SHO-63-171632 includes an end surface cover forming therein openings for taking in air, and a box member having an outer surface facing towards the end surface cover. The box member accommodates therein a control circuit unit. On the cuter surface of the box member, there are provided a plurality of heat releasing fins. The adjacent fins define an intake passage therebetween. Air taken into the openings flows through the respective intake passages. With this arrangement, when the control circuit unit generates heat, the heat is transmitted to the box member. The box member is cooled by the air passing through the intake passages as described above.
The Publication No. HEI-6-11535 discloses an electronic component unit including a case of aluminum accommodating therein a base sheet on which plural electronic components are mounted. The case is filled with hardened resin to cover the base sheet. With this arrangement, heat generated by the base sheet is released by means of the case having improved thermal conductivity.
As disclosed in the Publication No. SHO-63-171632, the air is directed against the outer surface of the box member to thereby cool the box member having the control circuit accommodated therein. However, when the engine generator supplies large power to thereby cause the control circuit unit to generate a large amount of heat, the box member can not be sufficiently cooled because the outer surface of the box member having the fins provided thereon provides limited area. As a result, the control circuit unit is difficult to cool.
Also, when the electronic components as disclosed in the Publication No. HEI-6-11535 provide large power to thereby generate a large amount of heat, it is required that the surface of the case serving as a heat releasing sheet have an enlarged area or that a separate heat releasing sheet of large size be added to the base sheet such that the case can effectively release the heat therefrom. In such a case, however, the electronic component unit is inevitably made large in size.
An object of the present invention is to provide an engine generator including a power control unit and a heat releasing member which is formed from an existent member to thereby downsize the unit and which is disposed to effectively cool the unit to thereby prevent the temperature of the unit from rising.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an engine generator carrying thereon an engine and a generator driven by the engine, the engine generator comprising: a cooling fan mounted on a rotational shaft of the generator; a fan cover for covering the cooling fan; a power control unit including an aluminum base sheet forming thereon a power control circuit for controlling an output from the generator; the fan cover being made of die-cast aluminum alloy; the power control unit being attached to the fan cover with a surface of the aluminum base sheet intimately contacting an outer surface of the fan cover.
Heat generated by the control circuit unit is transmitted to the fan cover made of die-cast aluminum alloy. The heat is then released from the fan cover. The fan cover intimately contacts the surface of the aluminum base sheet of the power control. The cooling fan directs cooling air against the fan cover.
Since the surface of the aluminum base sheet intimately contacts the fan cover, the heat generated by the power control circuit can be efficiently transmitted to the fan cover. In addition, the cooling fan directs cooling air against the fan cover during the operation of the power control unit. Thus, the heat can be effectively released from the fan cover to thereby prevent temperature of the power control unit from rising.
The fan cover for covering the cooling fan serves as a heat releasing member for the power control unit. This eliminates the need to provide the power control unit with a separate heat releasing member of large size such as the heat releasing fins. Thus, it becomes possible to downsize the power control unit as well as to make small the number of parts forming the engine generator. Consequently, the cost of the engine generator can be reduced.
In a preferred form of the invention, the fan cover has a thick mounting portion formed thereon, the mounting portion having a flat outer surface to be attached to the surface of the aluminum base sheet.
The heat generated at the unit is transmitted from the surface of the aluminum base sheet of the unit to the entire fan cover through the thick mounting portion having the flat outer surface.
Since the mounting portion of the fan cover is made thick to thereby increase heat capacity thereof, the transmission of the heat to the fan cover is improved. It thus becomes possible to prevent the temperature of the unit from rising.
Moreover, the flat mounting portion is advantageous in that the intimate contact between the unit and the surface of the aluminum base sheet can be readily effected, and in that the mounting portion can be easily formed.
In a further preferred form of the present invention, the generator has a flywheel structure including an outer rotor fixed to the rotational shaft, the outer rotor having the cooling fan mounted thereon, and the fan cover for covering the cooling fan has a cylindrical configuration and is opener at opposite end portions either of which is secured to the engine and discharges cooling air therefrom.
The cooling fan directs cooling air along the cylindrical fan cover towards the engine to thereby cool the engine.
The cooling air is continuously taken into the fan cover of cylindrical configuration. The fan cover has the inner surface exposed to the cooling air. Therefore, heat transmitted to the fan cover can be effectively released therefrom.
In a still further preferred form of the present invention, the outer rotor includes permanent magnets, the cooling fan is formed from a centrifugal fan, the outer rotor and an inner surface of the fan cover define a passageway therebetween, and the cooling air is forced to flow through the passageway towards the engine.
The outer rotor includes the permanent magnets and the cooling fan is formed from the centrifugal fan. With this arrangement, the cooling air is directed radially outwardly from inside the cooling fan. The air is then forced to flow through the passageway, defined between the outer rotor and the inner surface of the fan cover, towards the engine.
Thus, since a large amount of cooling air is directed against the inside of the peripheral surface of the fan cover, the fan cover can be effectively cooled.
In a still further preferred form of the present invention, the power control unit is a cycloconverter unit or an inverter unit for converting an output from the generator into a power having a predetermined frequency.
The inverter unit or the cycloconverter unit converts the output from the generator into a power having a predetermined frequency.
An inverter or cycloconverter generates a large amount of heat corresponding to power loss caused when controlling a large power supplied from the generator. It was therefore difficult to reduce the size of a conventional inverter or cycloconverter unit. However, since the present invention employs the unit attached to the fan cover, the size of the unit can be reduced to ½to ⅓of the size of the conventional unit.
A certain preferred embodiment of the present invention will hereinafter be described in detail, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention or its application or uses.
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The frame 11 comprises front and rear frames 31, 32 provided forwardly and rearwardly of the engine generator 10, respectively, lower longitudinal beams 33, 34 each laid between the front and rear frames 31, 32, upper longitudinal beams 35, 36 (best shown in
The front frame 31 includes vertical portions 24, 25 while the rear frame 32 includes vertical portions 26, 27. Reference numerals 28, 28 denote positioning support portions provided on the front and rear frames 31, 32. By virtue of the positioning support portions 28, 28, a plurality of the engine generators 10 can be stacked with the support portions 28, 28 engaged with the lower longitudinal beams 33, 34. Denoted by reference numeral 29 is a converter cover for use as a cover of the cycloconverter unit 23.
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The fuel tank 14 has front and rear parts thereof mounted to the front lateral beam 37 (see
Reference is made to FIG. 5. The engine 12 has a cylinder head 56 attached to an exhaust pipe 57. The exhaust pipe 57 is mounted to the muffler 18. The engine 12 includes a head cover 58.
The muffler 18 has an upper part thereof covered with a heatproof cover 17 disposed such that heat generated by the muffler 18 can not be transmitted to the fuel tank 14 and parts provided in the vicinity of the muffler 18. The cover 17 includes an upper part thereof covered with the upper cover 16.
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The engine 12 has a cylinder portion 62 inclined rearwardly of the engine generator 10. In other words, the cylinder portion 62 is inclined away from the control box 22 provided forwardly of the engine generator 10. Also, the cylinder portion 62 is disposed below the muffler 18. The cylinder portion 62 has upper and lower engine shrouds 63, 64 mounted on upper and lower parts thereof, respectively. The shrouds 63, 64 are disposed such that cooling air flows over the cylinder portion 62 and the cylinder head 56. Reference character CL designates a cylinder axial line.
Since the cylinder portion 62 is inclined away from the control box 22, heat generated by the cylinder portion 62 is not transmitted to the control box 22.
The thus inclined cylinder portion 62 provides the advantage that the height of the engine 12 is made smaller to thereby make the overall height of the engine generator 10 smaller. Consequently, the engine generator 10 can be steadily disposed.
The muffler 18 has a front part thereof connected to an arm portion 66 by means of a stay 65. The arm portion 66 extends forwardly from the engine 12. A rear part of the muffler 18 is supported by an exhaust pipe 57 attached to the engine 12.
The muffler 18 and the control box 22 are disposed closely to each other with a front panel 17a of the cover 17 provided therebetween.
An end cover 67 is provided for covering one end portion of the crankshaft 68 extending in a direction perpendicular to this sheet.
Reference is made to FIG. 7. The generator 13 is a multipolar generator including an outer rotor 76 of flywheel structure. The outer rotor 76 has one end thereof fixed to the crankshaft 68. More specifically, the generator 13 includes stators 72 attached to an end surface of the engine 12 by means of bolts 71, 71, a flange member 75 mounted on another end portion of the crankshaft 68 through a nut 74, the cup-shaped outer rotor 76 mounted on the flange member 75 and disposed radially outwardly of and closely to the stator 72, a cooling fan 77 mounted on a front part of the flange member 75, and a substantially cylindrical fan cover 78 for covering the cooling fan 77 and the outer rotor 76. The outer rotor 76 includes a front part forming therein apertures 76a (only one shown) through which air passes. The crankshaft 68 serves as a rotational shaft of the generator 13.
The stator 72 includes a stator core 81 and a stator coil 82 wound on the stator core 81. The stator core 81 has plural magnetic materials such as metal sheets laid one on the other.
The outer rotor 76 has permanent magnets 83 mounted on an inner peripheral surface thereof.
Since the generator 13 includes the outer rotor 76 thus arranged, it is unnecessary to provide wires to the outer rotor 76. Thus, the outer rotor 76 becomes simple in structure.
The cooling fan 77 is a centrifugal fan including blades 84. The rotation of the blades 84 of the fan 77 causes air to flow radially outwardly from inside the blades 84.
The fan cover 78 is a die-cast product of aluminum alloy attached to the end surface of the engine 12 through bolts 85 (only one shown).
The rotation of blades 84 of the cooling fan 77 further causes the thus outwardly flowing air to flow through a passageway, defined between the outer rotor 76 and the fan cover 78, towards the engine 12. The generator 13 and the engine 12 can be therefore cooled.
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Formed at the aluminum base sheet 91 is a power control circuit 95 (see
The case 92 includes case mounting holes 101, 102 for use in attaching the cycloconverter unit 23 to the fan cover 78.
The capacitors 93, 94 serving as filters include output terminals 103, 104, 105, 106 for providing outputs having frequencies converted by the unit 23. These terminals 103, 104, 105, 106 are connected to the first outlet 45 and the second outlets 46, 46 as shown in FIG. 2.
Although the cycloconverter unit 23 or the inverter unit serving as the power control unit generates a large amount of heat corresponding to loss caused by the conversion of power supplied from the generator 13, the unit can be effectively cooled to thereby prevent the temperature of unit from rising. Moreover, the unit 23 can be made small in size.
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The converter cover 29 has cover mounting holes 117, 118 formed therein. The cycloconverter unit 23 is attached to the fan cover 78 through two bolts 121, 121 (only one shown). More specifically, for attachment of the unit 23 to the fan cover 78, the one bolt 121 is screwed into the boss portion 115 through the holes 117, 101 while the other bolt 121 is screwed into the boss portion 111 through the holes 118, 102 to thereby bring the surface 112 into intimate contact with the outer surface 113.
As described above, the power control circuit 95 for controlling an output from the generator 13 is formed at the aluminum base sheet 91 of the cycloconverter unit 23. On the fan cover 78, there is formed the mounting portion 114 having the flat outer surface 113 to be attached to the sheet surface 112. Because the outer surface 113 is flat, the intimate contact between the surface 112 and the outer surface 113 can be easily effected. Further, the mounting portion 114 can be readily formed.
Discussion will be made as to operation of cooling the fan cover 78 having the cycloconverter unit 23 attached thereto in relation to FIG. 10.
As indicated by arrows, heat generated by the unit 23 is transmitted from the surface 112 to the entire fan cover 78 through the mounting portion 114 and the outer surface 113 provided in intimate contact with the surface 112. The heat is then released from the fan cover 78 into the air.
Because the surface 112 of the unit 23 is in intimate contact with the outer surface 113 of the die-cast fan cover 78 of aluminum alloy, heat is efficiently transmitted from the unit 23 to the fan cover 78.
The mounting portion 114 of the fan cover 78 is made thick to thereby provide the mounting portion 114 with increased heat capacity thereof. Therefore, the heat generated by the unit 23 is transmitted to the fan cover 78 more satisfactorily through the thick mounting portion 114 than through a less thick mounting portion 114.
The fan cover 78 has heat transmitted thereto in the above manner as the unit 23 is operated. However, since the peripheral surface of the fan cover 78 has a large area and the cooling fan 77 continuously directs cooling air against the inside of the peripheral surface when rotating, the fan cover 78 can be effectively cooled to prevent the temperature of the unit 23 from rising.
In other words, the thus arranged fan cover 78 for covering the cooling fan 77 serves as a heat releasing member for releasing heat generated by the unit 23 to thereby eliminate the need to provide the unit 23 with a separate heat releasing member. Thus, the number of parts forming the engine generator 10 can be made small to thereby reduce the cost of the engine generator 10.
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That is, the engine generator 10 is cooled by the cooling air passing through the first and second passages.
As described above, the rotation of the cooling fan 77 formed from the centrifugal fan forces the cooling air to flow towards the engine 12 through the passageway defined between the inner surface of the fan cover 78 and the outer rotor 76.
With this arrangement, the first and second passages become simple in configuration. Since the thus arranged passages provide a reduced resistance to the flow of cooling air, the cooling air is efficiently directed to the generator 13, the fan cover 78, and the engine 12. Therefore, the generator 13, the fan cover 78, and the engine 12 can be sufficiently cooled.
The cylindrical fan cover 78 for covering the cooling fan 77 has one end secured to the engine 12. Therefore, the rotation of the cooling fan 77 causes cooling air to flow along the fan cover 78 towards the engine 12. Further, heat generated by the engine 12 is transmitted directly to the fan cover 78, whereafter the heat is released from the fan cover 78. Consequently, it becomes possible to cool the engine 12 by means of both the cooling air and the fan cover 78.
Obviously, various minor changes and modifications of the present invention are possible in the light of the above teaching. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
Eguchi, Hiroyuki, Asai, Kouichi, Tsuru, Ryuji, Shinkawa, Yasuhiro
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